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Nearly 59.4 million domestic residential passings and substantial infrastructure spending support a replication barrier, although the passages do not establish exclusive territories or a measured cost advantage.","durability":"The installed infrastructure remains useful, but maintaining its competitiveness requires continuing investment. Its economic protection is already weakening as penetration falls despite network expansion.","risks":"Fiber and fixed wireless competitors provide alternatives. Broadband customer losses, declining revenue and promotional wireless offers show realized pressure; anticipated retention benefits remain management expectations.","invalidation":"Further penetration and broadband revenue declines despite upgrades, accompanied by persistent promotional concessions, would invalidate the claim that the infrastructure provides meaningful economic protection.","competitors":["AT&T","Lumen","Verizon","BT","Virgin Media O2","T-Mobile"],"evidenceIds":["e1","e2","e3"],"counterEvidenceIds":["e4","e5","e6","e7","e8"]},{"mechanism":"intangible_assets","claim":"Owned film and television content, protected intellectual property and successful franchises provide differentiated assets that Comcast monetizes through licensing, theatrical distribution and related experiences. Reported Wicked franchise receipts and theme-park growth support commercial value beyond merely owning accounting intangibles.","durability":"Owned content can support repeated monetization, but the supplied results cover a limited period and do not establish exceptional franchise longevity. Licensed sports rights are less durable: European rights typically face competitive renewal every three to five years.","risks":"Audience fragmentation, piracy, uncertain future content demand and competitive rights acquisition constrain returns. Strong media revenue growth has not consistently translated into stronger earnings. The proposed NBCUniversal separation could change which assets remain with Comcast.","invalidation":"Repeated franchise releases and licensing activity failing to sustain demand, or content and attraction spending persistently outgrowing their economic returns, would undermine this advantage. A completed NBCUniversal separation would require reassessing the remaining company's moat.","competitors":[],"evidenceIds":["e9","e10","e11","e12"],"counterEvidenceIds":["e13","e14","e15","e16","e17"]}],"evidence":[{"id":"e1","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Critical accounting estimates: cable franchise rights","excerpt":"Cable Franchise Rights Our cable franchise rights assets result from agreements we have with state and local governments that allow us to construct and operate a cable business within a specified geographic area."},{"id":"e2","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Liquidity and capital resources: Connectivity & Platforms capital expenditures","excerpt":"49 Comcast 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K Table of Contents Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024 Customer premise equipment $ 2,192 $ 2,013 Scalable infrastructure 3,156 3,024 Line extensions 2,689 2,691 Support capital 686 557 Total $ 8,723 $ 8,286 We expect our capital expenditures in 2026 will continue to be focused on investments in the Connectivity & Platforms business in scalable infrastructure as we increase capacity and continue to execute our plans to upgrade our network to deliver multigigabit symmetrical speeds, in the continued deployment of next generation wireless gateways, and in line extensions for the expansion of homes and businesses passed."},{"id":"e3","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Connectivity & Platforms customer metrics","excerpt":"20 Table of Contents Connectivity & Platforms Customer Metrics Net Additions / (Losses) June 30, Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, (in thousands) 2026 2025 2026 2025 2026 2025 Residential Connectivity & Platforms Customer Relationships(a) Domestic Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships 30,179 30,746 (166) (223) (261) (427) International Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships(b) 17,539 17,573 (64) (102) 40 (113) Total Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships(b) 47,718 48,318 (230) (325) (221) (540) Domestic Residential Broadband Domestic broadband residential customers 28,486 28,989 (167) (201) (233) (384) Domestic residential passings(c) 59,443 58,356 Domestic broadband residential penetration of residential passings(d) 47.9 % 49.7 % Domestic Wireless Domestic wireless lines(e) 10,187 8,527 448 378 883 701 Domestic Video Domestic video customers 10,668 11,771 (280) (325) (601) (751) (a)Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships generally represent the number of residential customers that subscribe to at least one of our services."},{"id":"e4","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Business: residential broadband competition","excerpt":"Competition Residential Connectivity & Platforms Broadband We compete with a number of companies, many with significant financial resources, that offer internet services, including: •wireline telecommunications companies •wireless telecommunications companies •municipal broadband networks and power companies •satellite broadband providers Certain wireline telecommunications companies, such as AT&T, Lumen and Verizon in the United States and BT and Virgin Media O2 in the United Kingdom, have built and are continuing to build fiber-based wireline network infrastructure further into their networks, which enables them to provide data transmission speeds that exceed those that can be provided with traditional copper digital subscriber line (“DSL”) technology, and are offering services with these higher speeds in many of our service areas."},{"id":"e5","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Business: wireless broadband competition","excerpt":"Various wireless companies, such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, offer internet services using a variety of wireless technologies, including 5G fixed wireless networks and 4G and 5G wireless broadband services."},{"id":"e6","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Note 3: revenue by business and service","excerpt":"10 Table of Contents Comcast Corporation Note 3: Revenue Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, (in millions) 2026 2025(a) 2026 2025(a) Domestic broadband $ 6,280 $ 6,649 $ 12,618 $ 13,327 Domestic wireless service 1,007 882 1,984 1,732 Domestic wireless equipment 404 313 821 587 International connectivity 1,246 1,219 2,486 2,351 Video 6,092 6,605 12,347 13,206 Advertising 962 951 1,913 1,850 Other 1,133 1,219 2,277 2,452 Total Residential Connectivity & Platforms Segment 17,124 17,839 34,446 35,504 Total Business Services Connectivity Segment 2,671 2,575 5,311 5,071 Domestic advertising 2,163 1,395 5,616 2,863 Domestic distribution 1,993 1,632 4,276 3,299 International networks 1,330 1,254 2,621 2,403 Other 204 261 457 505 Total Media Segment 5,691 4,543 12,970 9,069 Content licensing 1,799 1,805 4,772 3,979 Theatrical 972 284 1,088 570 Other 269 343 605 709 Total Studios Segment 3,040 2,432 6,466 5,259 Total Theme Parks Segment 2,413 2,349 4,744 4,226 Versant revenue(b) — 1,770 — 3,539 Other revenue 771 885 1,792 1,802 Eliminations(c) (1,771) (2,081) (4,333) (4,270) Total revenue $ 29,940 $ 30,313 $ 61,396 $ 60,199 (a) Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, commission revenue from the sale of certain direct to consumer (“DTC”) streaming services is presented in broadband revenue or video revenue based on whether a customer is entitled to receive the DTC streaming service through a broadband or video service offering."},{"id":"e7","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"MD&A: competitive impact on customer relationships","excerpt":"Our customer relationship additions/(losses) continue to be negatively impacted by an increasingly competitive environment."},{"id":"e8","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"MD&A: broadband pricing changes and free wireless offer","excerpt":"In 2025, we simplified our broadband pricing structure and began offering a free wireless line for one year to new and existing domestic broadband customers, which we expect will improve customer retention and strengthen our ability to compete for new customers, but will negatively impact average domestic broadband revenue per customer."},{"id":"e9","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Business: Studios revenue sources","excerpt":"Revenue is generated primarily from the worldwide licensing of our owned film and television content and from the worldwide distribution of our produced and acquired films for exhibition in movie theaters."},{"id":"e10","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Regulation: intellectual property protection","excerpt":"Other Areas of Regulation Intellectual Property Copyright, trademark, unfair competition, patent, trade secret and other proprietary-rights laws of the United States and other countries help protect our intellectual property rights."},{"id":"e11","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Proxy statement: 2025 company operating highlights","excerpt":") ☑ Filed by the Registrant ☐ Filed by a party other than the Registrant CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX: ☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement ☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) ☑ Definitive Proxy Statement ☐ Definitive Additional Materials ☐ Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 Comcast Corporation (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) PAYMENT OF FILING FEE (CHECK ALL BOXES THAT APPLY): ☑ No fee required ☐ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials ☐ Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11 Table of Contents Notice of 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement Table of Contents 2025 Company Highlights Strong Execution on Key Strategic Priorities Consolidated Financial Results Generated revenue of $123.7 billion, net income of $20.0 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of $37.4 billion Returned $11.7 billion to shareholders through a combination of $6.8 billion in share repurchases and $4.9 billion in dividend payments, reducing shares outstanding by 5% Connectivity & Platforms Advanced our new national go-to-market strategy, simplifying our broadband offering with a clear transparent value proposition alongside wireless offers designed to increase mobile awareness and attachment 50.8 million customer relationships at year end Domestic wireless delivered 1.5 million net line additions, reaching 9.3 million total lines and surpassing 15% penetration of domestic residential broadband customers Grew connectivity revenue by 4.2% to $46.0 billion, reflecting growth in domestic wireless, international connectivity and business services connectivity Content & Experiences Theme parks generated $3.1 billion in Adjusted EBITDA, fueled by the opening of Epic Universe in May 2025 Peacock revenue increased by 10% to $5.4 billion; Adjusted EBITDA losses improved by nearly $700 million; paid subscribers increased by 22% to 44 million Successful launch of NBA highlighted our strong sports portfolio, complemented by news and entertainment assets, helping to support Peacock subscribers and our advertising business Wicked franchise grossed $1.3 billion worldwide, becoming the #1 Broadway-to-feature film adaptation of all time Completed the spin-off of Versant Media Group, Inc."},{"id":"e12","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Compensation discussion: theme-park operating achievements","excerpt":"• Universal theme parks increased revenue by 14.2% and Adjusted EBITDA by 4.5%, driven by the successful opening of Epic Universe in May 2025."},{"id":"e13","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Business: European sports-rights auctions and terms","excerpt":"In Europe, major sports rights, which are significant to our international networks, are usually tendered through a competitive auction process, with the winning bidder or bidders acquiring rights over a 3 to 5 year period."},{"id":"e14","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Regulation: piracy and unauthorized content distribution","excerpt":"In particular, unauthorized copying, distribution and piracy of programming and films over the internet, through devices, software and websites, on counterfeit DVDs/Blu-rays, through AI and through other platforms interfere with the market for copyrighted works and present challenges for our content businesses."},{"id":"e15","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Risk factors: audience fragmentation","excerpt":"The number of entertainment choices available to consumers, including DTC streaming service providers and aggregators, social networking and user-generated content platforms, and gaming and virtual reality products and services, continues to increase, intensify audience fragmentation and disaggregate how content traditionally has been distributed to and viewed by consumers."},{"id":"e16","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Media segment: revenue, expenses and Adjusted EBITDA","excerpt":"24 Table of Contents Media Segment Results of Operations Three Months Ended June 30, Change Six Months Ended June 30, Change (in millions) 2026 2025 % 2026 2025 % Revenue Domestic advertising $ 2,163 $ 1,395 55.0 % $ 5,616 $ 2,863 96.2 % Domestic distribution 1,993 1,632 22.1 4,276 3,299 29.6 International networks 1,330 1,254 6.1 2,621 2,403 9.1 Other 204 261 (21.9) 457 505 (9.5) Total revenue 5,691 4,543 25.3 12,970 9,069 43.0 Costs and Expenses Programming and production 3,699 2,759 34.1 10,003 6,042 65.6 Marketing and promotion 289 285 1.6 694 591 17.3 Other 994 816 21.8 1,991 1,646 21.0 Total costs and expenses 4,983 3,860 29.1 % 12,688 8,279 53.3 % Adjusted EBITDA $ 708 $ 683 3.7 % $ 282 $ 790 (64.3) % Media Segment – Revenue Revenue increased for the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, including the impact of the FIFA World Cup in the second quarter of 2026."},{"id":"e17","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Liquidity and capital resources: proposed NBCUniversal spin-off and repurchase suspension","excerpt":"In connection with the proposed NBCUniversal Spin-off, we have suspended our share repurchase program as of the beginning of the third quarter of 2026."},{"id":"e18","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Risk factors: retransmission consent and negotiated compensation","excerpt":"Our owned local broadcast television stations must elect, with respect to retransmission by certain multichannel video providers, either “must-carry” status, in which we require the provider to carry the station without paying any compensation to us, or “retransmission consent,” in which we give up our right to mandatory carriage and instead seek to negotiate the terms and conditions of carriage, including the amount of compensation, if any, paid to us by such provider."},{"id":"e19","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Risk factors: constraints on distribution agreement renewals","excerpt":"For all of these types of arrangements, our ability to renew agreements on acceptable terms and/or in a timely manner may be affected by evolving market dynamics, government regulations and industry consolidation."},{"id":"e20","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Appendix A: operating cash flow to free cash flow reconciliation","excerpt":"A-1 2026 Proxy Statement Table of Contents RECONCILIATION FROM NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW ($ in millions) YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025 2024 Net cash provided by operating activities 33,643 27,673 Capital expenditures (11,750 ) (12,181 ) Cash paid for capitalized software and other intangible assets (2,658 ) (2,949 ) Free Cash Flow 19,235 12,543 2026 Proxy Statement A-2 Table of Contents Table of Contents w SCAN TO VIEW MATERIALS & VOTE VOTE BY INTERNET Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M."},{"id":"e21","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Liquidity and capital resources: repurchases and dilution","excerpt":"Our share repurchases have more than offset dilution that resulted from issuing our Class A common stock in connection with our share-based compensation plans in those years, thereby having the effect of reducing the total number of our Class A common stock outstanding."},{"id":"e22","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Liquidity and capital resources: operating cash flow","excerpt":"Operating Activities Components of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities Six Months Ended June 30, (in millions) 2026 2025 Operating income $ 9,296 $ 11,650 Depreciation and amortization 7,553 8,003 Noncash share-based compensation 786 703 Changes in operating assets and liabilities (369) (614) Payments of interest (1,836) (1,803) Payments of income taxes (559) (2,085) Proceeds from investments and other 112 254 Net cash provided by operating activities $ 14,983 $ 16,109 The variance in changes in operating assets and liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily related to the timing of amortization and related payments for our film and television costs, including the timing of sports, and the timing of third-party transferable tax credits purchases, partially offset by increases in accounts receivable, including the impact of our broadcast of the FIFA World Cup, and decreases in deferred revenue."},{"id":"e23","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Contractual obligations: debt and programming commitments","excerpt":"Share Repurchases Under Share Repurchase Program Authorization and Dividends Paid and Weighted-Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted ($ in billions and shares in millions) Contractual Obligations The following table summarizes our most significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2025: As of December 31, 2025 (in billions) Total Within the next 12 months Beyond the next 12 months Debt obligations(a) $ 104.8 $ 6.0 $ 98.8 Programming and production obligations(b)(c) 93.8 18.3 75.5 51 Comcast 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K Table of Contents (a)Amounts represent the face value of debt and exclude interest payments."},{"id":"e24","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Compensation discussion: three-year PSU performance metrics","excerpt":"PSUs are earned based on our performance over a cumulative three-year period against two relative performance metrics relating to Adjusted Earnings Per Share (“EPS”) growth and Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”), as well as an absolute Return on Invested Capital (“ROIC”) performance metric."},{"id":"e25","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Compensation discussion: actual PSU payout and relative TSR modifier","excerpt":"The combined PSU payout percentage based on the above levels of ROIC and Relative Adjusted EPS Growth achievement was 144%, which, after applying a Relative TSR Modifier of -25% based on a 14th percentile ranking relative to the S&P 100 Index, resulted in the 108% total payout."},{"id":"e26","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Corporate governance: board structure and existing 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and other senior executives • Director education on key Company topics and issues, including as requested by independent directors Corporate Governance • Independent director retirement policy at age 75 • Director “overboarding” policy • Robust shareholder engagement program • Annual director elections • Proxy access bylaw • Recoupment (“clawback”) policy for executive compensation • No automatic acceleration of vesting in connection with a change in control Succession Planning Ensuring that we have the appropriate senior management talent to successfully pursue our strategies is one of the Board’s primary responsibilities."},{"id":"e27","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Stock ownership: Class A and Class B voting rights","excerpt":"As of the record date, each holder of Class A common stock is entitled to 0.07949 votes per share and each holder of Class B common stock is entitled to 15 votes per share."},{"id":"e28","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Note 6: completed Versant separation","excerpt":"Note 6: Significant Transactions Versant Separation On January 2, 2026, we completed the previously announced separation of Versant into an independent, publicly traded company with its Class A common stock listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol “VSNT.”"},{"id":"e29","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Media revenue comparison excluding major sporting events","excerpt":"Three Months Ended June 30, Change Six Months Ended June 30, Change (in millions) 2026 2025 % 2026 2025 % Total revenue $ 5,691 $ 4,543 25.3 % $ 12,970 $ 9,069 43.0 % Olympics, Super Bowl, and FIFA World Cup 440 — NM 2,618 — NM Total revenue, excluding Olympics, Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup $ 5,250 $ 4,543 15.6 % 10,352 9,069 14.1 % Total domestic advertising revenue $ 2,163 $ 1,395 55.0 % $ 5,616 $ 2,863 96.2 % Olympics, Super Bowl, and FIFA World Cup 440 — NM 2,357 — NM Domestic advertising revenue, excluding Olympics, Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup $ 1,723 $ 1,395 23.5 % 3,259 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The annual report was filed February 3, 2026, the proxy April 24, 2026, and the quarterly report July 23, 2026; these dates retain dateKind filed.","Infrastructure scale and spending establish an incumbent asset base, but do not establish exclusive franchises, relative unit costs or attractive incremental investment returns.","Named broadband competitors are disclosed. Media competition is described generically; compensation peer companies are not treated as established operating competitors.","No direct broadband ARPU series, customer renewal rates, advertising price series or comprehensive pricing-contract terms are supplied. Pricing and retention assessments therefore partly use indirect operating evidence.","Proxy operating highlights are issuer-selected results. Management descriptions of strategic strength and expected retention benefits are not treated as demonstrated future outcomes.","Actual incentive terms, payout results and voting rights are supplied, but complete beneficial ownership details are absent. Proposed voting items are not treated as approved.","Versant's January 2026 separation is completed; the NBCUniversal spin-off remains proposed in the latest supplied filing. Historical group results do not establish the moat of a future separated company."],"qualityAssessments":[{"category":"moat","checks":[{"criterion":"structural_advantage","grade":2,"rationale":"Installed infrastructure and monetized owned content provide identifiable advantages. 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